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Coronavirus daily death toll in Iran down to 70
Jan 31, 2021 09:28The daily death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran dropped again, standing at 70 on Sunday.
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Macron refuses to impose 3rd lockdown in France over fears of more protests
Jan 31, 2021 05:56French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his decision not to impose a third COVID-19 lockdown in France despite a surge in cases and a faltering vaccine rollout.
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Coronavirus Cases in Iran above 1.4 Million
Jan 31, 2021 04:56The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran has surpassed 1,400,000 as a downward trend in the daily death rate and hospital admissions continues for the fourth week.
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Iran says its COVID-19 vaccine effective against UK virus variant
Jan 30, 2021 10:21The head of the production team of the Iranian coronavirus vaccine at the Headquarters for Executing the Order of Imam Khomeini says the vaccine, dubbed Coviran Barekat, works against the British variant of COVID-19.
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Europe's crisis accelerates; Mexico's virus toll now world's third
Jan 30, 2021 05:26Europe is facing an accelerating health, economic, and political crisis. Amid high coronavirus infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in many countries, the European economy remains largely in lockdown, more infectious virus variants are spreading. Mexico surpassed India in coronavirus-related deaths, with about 1,506 new fatalities on Thursday Jan. 28.
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Israel denies COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians
Jan 30, 2021 04:15The Israeli regime has denied COVID-19 vaccine to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli parliament said Palestinians living under Israeli blockade in the Gaza Strip will receive no vaccine.
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PM Suga: Japan determined to hold Olympics to unite world in hope of COVID-19 victory
Jan 30, 2021 02:55Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Friday to hold the Olympics as a symbol of unity and hope, despite growing doubts over the virus-postponed event's fate.
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Trump’s vaccine distribution plan has left millions of doses unaccounted for
Jan 29, 2021 17:40Members of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus task force say that data discrepancies between how many vaccines have been distributed to states and how many have been administered show that there are millions of doses unaccounted for in the data.
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EU threatens to block COVID vaccine exports amid AstraZeneca shortfall
Jan 29, 2021 17:36The EU has threatened to block exports of coronavirus vaccines to countries outside the bloc such as Britain, after AstraZeneca was accused of failing to give a satisfactory explanation for a huge shortfall of promised doses to member states.
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Fire at COVID hospital in Romania kills 4 patients
Jan 29, 2021 13:03A fire killed four patients at a COVID-19 hospital in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, early on Friday (January 29) and 102 others were evacuated, officials said, the second deadly hospital fire in the European Union state in under three months.